Teaching the young/beginner Witches

Ok so I have been a teacher for many years, yet time and time again I find it difficult when faced with the daunting task of taking an oral tradition and making it black and white. I have so many different things that I want to teach the young/beginners, but get all garbbled up with the bats flying around in the ol' bell tower lol. So here is a syllabus that I have put together and I am thinking about impelmenting it into my circles out reach program. Any and all comments and addition/subtraction ideas greatly welcomed. I ask that this list please not be copied and reused without the proper consent by me first, thank you:

Syllabus

1.) Spell Crafting

a. beginning
i. usage
ii. formation
iii. history
iv. verbiage
v. rhythmic sentence structure
vi. creation
vii. application
viii. demonstration

b. intermediate
i. energy
ii. timing
iii. correspondences
iv. phases

c. advanced
i. high magic
ii. leadership through ritual
iii. spellbinding
iv. application
v. demonstration

2.) Tool Creation (expanded if needed)

a. talismans
i. history
ii. creation
iii. empowerment
iv. practical usage

b. divination
i. history
ii. creation
iii. practical usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

c. wands
i. history
ii. creation
iii. practical usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

d. buying smart
i. duel purpose
ii. thrifty shopper
iii. creation
iv. application
v. demonstration

3.) Magical Alphabets
i. usage
ii. history
iii. practical application
iv. demonstration

4.) The Book of Shadows (expand as needed)
i. Importance
ii. History
iii. practical usage
iv. creation of personal BOS

5.) Lessons (expand if needed)

a. herbology
i. history
ii. role
iii. practical usage
iv. Application
v. demonstration

b. god/ess
i. the pantheon right for you
ii. your personal god/ess
iii. correspondences and attributes

c. know your craft
i. to learn, to know, to keep silent
ii. keeping cool under pressure

1. teaching the unenlightened

2. debunking myth
iii. living with non-pagan people

1. how to coexist in a non-magical house hold

2. how to live in a Christian world
iv. basics of the craft

1. what is a witch

2. “harm none”

3. law of three

4. charge of the god/ess
v. a witches circle/coven

1. what a circle/coven is

2. history and operation

3. hierarchy structure

a. their roles within the coven

vi. the elements

1. earth

a. correspondences
b. quarter call
c. attributes

2. air

a. correspondences
b. quarter call
c. attributes

3. fire

a. correspondences
b. quarter call
c. attributes

4. water

a. correspondences
b. quarter call
c. attributes

5. spirit
a. correspondences
b. quarter call
c. attributes


6. grounding and centering and other meditations

a. drawing down the moon
b. centering
c. grounding
d. meditations on earth
e. meditations on fire
f. meditations on air
g. mediations on water
h. meditations on spirit
i. astral projection (expandable)
7. visualization
a. ball technique
b. aura sensing
8. energy
a. energy formation (expandable)
b. energy sensing
c. energy push and pull
d. energy manipulation
e. energy visualization
f. energy empowering
g. using/creating catalysts
h. using natural energy
i. using environmental energy
j. redirecting energy


9. the wheel of the year

a. practical usage

b. sabbaths
i. how they are celebrated
ii. correspondences
iii. attributes
iv. history
v. ritual creation
vi. ritual dedication
vii. application

c. esabbaths
i. how they are celebrated
ii. correspondences
iii. attributes
iv. history
v. ritual creation
vi. ritual dedication
vii. application

10. History of modern day Wiccan/Witchcraft (expandable)

a. Gerald Gardner
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

b. Doreen Valentine
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

c. Scott Cunningham
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

d. Isaac and Ivanna Frost
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

e. Raymond Buckland
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

f. Aleister Crowley
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

g. Covenant of the Goddess (C.O.G)
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

h. The Black Forrest Clan
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

i. The American Council of Witches
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

j. Zsussana B. Budapest
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

k. A.E. Waite
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

l. Madame Blavatsky
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

m. Dion Fortune
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

n. Anton LaVey
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

o. Dorothy Clutterbuck
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

p. Marie Laveau
i. who are they
ii. what was their role in our history
iii. what was their contributions and legacy

11. Color Magic

a. Red
i. attributes
ii. correspondence
iii. usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

b. Green
i. attributes
ii. correspondence
iii. usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

c. Blue
i. attributes
ii. correspondence
iii. usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

d. Orange
i. attributes
ii. correspondence
iii. usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

e. Yellow
i. attributes
ii. correspondence
iii. usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

f. Black
i. attributes
ii. correspondence
iii. usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

g. Purple
i. attributes
ii. correspondence
iii. usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

h. Sliver
i. attributes
ii. correspondence
iii. usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

i. Gold
i. attributes
ii. correspondence
iii. usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

j. Brown
i. attributes
ii. correspondence
iii. usage
iv. application
v. demonstration

12. Planetary Correspondences

a. how do the planets play a role in magic
b. what are their correspondences
c. what are the zodiac signs
i. what are their correspondences
ii. what is your sign and what does it say about you
d. planetary hours what are they and how do they relate to your magical workings
e. application
f. demonstration

13. Potions

a. what are they
b. how do they work
c. what are their practical usage
d. application
e. demonstration

14. Psychic Defense

a. what is it
b. how to use it
c. visualization techniques
d. application
e. demonstration

15. The Magic Circle / Scared Space / Cone of Power
a. what is the magic circle
b. what is scared space
c. what is the cone of power
d. how are they the same and how are they different
e. visualization techniques
f. creation of spell, ritual, and or formula
g. application
h. demonstration